Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Di Certo, Alice URN etd-04112006-173551 Title The Unconventional Photographic Self-Portraits of John Coplans, Carla Williams, and Laura Aguilar Degree Master of Arts Department Art and Design Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Maria P. Gindhart Committee Chair Constance J. Thalken Committee Member Florencia Bazzano-Nelson Committee Member Keywords
- Chicano
- Aging
- Nude
- Self-portraiture
- Body
- Photography
- Lesbian
- African American.
Date of Defense 2006-05-13 Availability unrestricted Abstract Laura Aguilar, John Coplans, and Carla Williams explore, through photographic self-portraiture, the representation of unconventional bodies. Even though the images produced by these artists are quite different in style, they all reflect an interest in a representation of the nude human body that challenges the traditional concepts of beauty so prevalent in a Western society obsessed with physical perfection. Even though the three artists produced their photographic self-portraits at roughly the same time, using the traditional gelatin silver process and responding to standards of classical beauty, their divergent life experiences, education, and social backgrounds have led them to question an almost universal vision of the perfect body from a broad spectrum of perspectives.Files
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